Hydraulic steering cylinder stop
10-29-2019, 04:53 PM
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Hydraulic steering cylinder stop
Hey all,
I am doing a full hydraulic steering install this winter and have a question regarding the cylinders. Is it necessary to install internal cylinder stops? I know the power steering pump should relieve around 1500 psi. If the cylinder extends to the point that the drive limits its travel and activates the pressure relief valve will it damage the drive? Or will the pressure relief valve prevent damage to the drive? Thanks in advance!
I am doing a full hydraulic steering install this winter and have a question regarding the cylinders. Is it necessary to install internal cylinder stops? I know the power steering pump should relieve around 1500 psi. If the cylinder extends to the point that the drive limits its travel and activates the pressure relief valve will it damage the drive? Or will the pressure relief valve prevent damage to the drive? Thanks in advance!
10-30-2019, 01:49 AM
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The rams should be mounted so that when one is fully extended, then the other is fully retracted.
The drive can turn farther than any rams that I've seen will allow.
The drive can turn farther than any rams that I've seen will allow.
10-30-2019, 07:52 PM
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If the drive stops the rams before the rams bottom out it will break something before the relief valve opens.
There was a guy on here that hooked the hoses up wrong and both rams extended when he fired the engine and it broke the gimbal ring.
There was a guy on here that hooked the hoses up wrong and both rams extended when he fired the engine and it broke the gimbal ring.
